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by radicalcentrist 462 days ago
Interesting, thank you for the link. This answers a few questions I had about preferred country names while trying out the game, such as Czech Republic/Czechia, Swaziland/Eswatini, Turkey/Turkiye. I also found the partially recognized states curious, especially Palestine being reduced to "West Bank".
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Ah, geo-politics meets technology. Imagine flying into a country, and the border guards tell you "Did you make this website? Well, the depiction of our country is a few pixels off, that offends us. Hands behind your back.".

Or that that body of water is "Gulf of America" now...

C.f.: https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/7/13/23791805/barbie-map-ni...